be paying their respects to katie anand. —— kofi annan. cough and is lying in state for a second day before moving to the capital on thursday. later this morning in germany, the consumer protection association will present a class action lawsuit against volkswagen over the carmaker ‘s manipulation of emissions software. it is seeking compensation for some 2 million drivers. in california, apple is preparing for another big launch. it is thought new iphones and possibly a budget macbook could be a mum the offerings of. —— among the. in ten minutes we will be live to offerings of. —— among the. in ten minutes we will be live to apple park. now, let's talk you through the sport is a gender. —— agenda. welcome to your wednesday sport briefing.

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anand my response is that proof is reserved for alcoholic beverages and matthematical theorems." it doesn't characterize how science woworks. science works through weights of evidence, through likelihoods, through confidence levels, and so we're about as certain that humans are causing global warming as we are about any scientific proposition, but we never say we've proven something inin science because there's always the outsidede chance ththat we coululd discovr ssome new piece of informatition thatat would change our persrspective. it's s absolutely true that critics of sort of the forces of antiscience, those looking to confuse the public about the science will always draw upon that vulnerability, that as scientiststs we're never comfortable e stating t things in absolutes because that's not the way thehe world works, tha's not the way science works. unfortunately our detractors, those looooking to sort of polle the public discoursrse on mattes of s science like global w warmg are more than happypy to state their opinions with absosolute certainty. so it's important to unders

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anand of course, inland flooding from heavy rains. and weere in nororth carolina are bracing for a hard hit. amy: hurricane florence has grown more powerful due to unusually high sea surface temperatures in the atlantic linked to climate change. warmer temperatures also means more moisture, which scientists say could lead to more extreme rainfall and flooding. for more, we are going to pennsylvania to speak with michael mann distinguished , professor and director of the earth system science center, penn state university. his latest book co-authored with political cartoonist tom toles is titled "the madhouse effect : how climate change denial is threatening our planet, destroying our politics, and driving us crazy." welcome back to democracy now! talk about the significance of hurricane florence and why you believe it links directly to climate change. thanks, amy. it is good to be with you. as you heard the governor say earlier, this hurricane is a triple threat. it poses a great risk in terms of the storm surge and the coastal floodin

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that moral voice is now silent but in the words of anand's foundation on announcing his death it will be remembered as one that radiated genuine kindness warmth and brilliance. a major storm is bearing down on the south east coast of the us forecasters say hurricane florence has weakened slightly but still has the potential to cause massive damage authorities fear it will bring to wrench will rain and severe flooding nearly two million people have been ordered to evacuate but with powerful winds and flooding forecast many are doing what they can to protect their property and the resort town of virginia beach. has been speaking to residents whose homes could soon bear the brunt of the storm. how to survive a hurricane get some sand put it in a bag repeat drag all of those bags to your car to be stacked around your house gather the rest of your supplies and hope for the best and this is how a community for pairs for disaster two hundred ten tons of sand as well as flashlights extra batteries water and of course food hurricane situation is always unpredictable but for now the city remain

speaking with anand giridharadas about his new book. and khaled hosseini on r. >> announcer: she had bigger dreams and those dreams were on the water. a river specifically. multiple river that would one day be on the uniworld boutique river cruises. bookings available through your travel agent. for more information, visit uniworld.com. additional support has been provided by: rosalind p. walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim, iii and cheryl and philip milstein family. and by contributions to pbs stations like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program everyone. i am christiane amanpour in new york. north korean leader says he will close a missile facility. it is a rare concrete pledge months after president trump declared that the nuclear threat was over. the white house is entering a critical week for its foreign policy. as world leaders begin to descend here in new york. not only north korea but the middle east where president trump still has not presented his peace plan. of course iran where washington is worki

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i>> y y bring non-vegan frienens here, anand they become e vegan.ost: that's all for today.hat,i don't forget though that we love see you next time. bye for now. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ music [loud raindrops] narrator: torrential rain in the dry season. flooding when there's normalally drought. desert where there used to be grass. ♪ music narrator: tens of thousands of deaths in cities across europe from freak heat waves. even more taken to hospital. is this a taste of our future? dr. patrick kinney: climate change is already profoundly affecting public health across the globe.

i>> y y bring non-vegan frienens here, anand they become e vegan.ost: that's all for today.hat,i don't forget though that we love see you next time. bye for now. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> today on "earth focus," neonicotinoids. iithe world's most widely us pesticide destrining the se o of the food chain? coming up on "earth focus." >> they're a mutagen. >> they're extremely persistent and extremely mobile. >> they are now found routinely in stream samples a as well as well samples across the uniteded states.. >> if it'ss going to affect everything from honeybees to earthworms, uh, that is s serios inin and of itself. >> neonicotinoids are among the most widely used pesticides in the world. they bring in billions in profits for the companies that make them.

anand i agree how we're saying ththings are important.ans, though, that we have to look at how the working class is talking and what they really mean, as opposed to just trying to adjust how people are talking, and making a movement around things that we can do something about, because then people haveve a real choice of what they want to get involved in. you know, it's not that people don't hear that story, for instance, and think it's ridiculous,, bubut, even me, i'm sitting here like, "ok, how do i -- is thihis something i can do? let me move on f from this. like, what?" you know, throwing up my hands. and so, i think that it is time for us to have new, radical, militant, in the sense that they keep out scabs, radical and militant in the sense that they break the extiting laboror laws, and have these new, radical and militant labor movements. and, you know, that doesn't necessarily mean the existing unions, but if they want to come along and up the ante, that's great. but there is only something like 7% of the u.s. workforce is u union

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the economy is preredicated on let'mimine it anand ship it to somemeplace.ada needs an e economic restructuring. that is what itt n nds in order to deal with some of thehe problems w we're facing g acrose board. wewe are pleas witith t this bee the fact is, these are i illegal and d immoral pipepelines. eriel i is talking ababout iss the united nations statandard fr relations betetween statate governrnments and indigigenous nations s or first natations. that is not being upheld by canada and that is suddenly not being upheld by the united rates. canada's approach is the same as the u.s. we will starve you until you come to an agreement to host a pipeline or mine. that is how canada and the u.s. operate. this report has said we're not going to do that. you're going to have to get consent from these people. it is a very important decision problem is. , you're in laduke mexico city, but you are arrested last week in minnesota as you are opposing the enbridge line three oil pipeline, the pipeline that would carry tar sands oil from operative, canada, to a termin

now, if f you had all o of these millions of tons of a toxic bstance anand you just dug a raw gash inhe ground a and dumpedt inin there, you would be behavig recklessly. that is what they are doing. this is a crime scene. amy: that is vice president how gore speaking outside the duke energy plant with you, reverend barber. that was before the storm. duke energy now says at least 2000 cubic yards of coal ash were released amidst tropical depression florence's massive flooding in north carolina, enough ash to fill something like 180 dump trucks. as we wrap up, what this means? >> one of those areas is in goldsboro, one of the sites that was already leaking that t peope have been fighting. and they tell us all the time, the coal ash is not wisdom. we say, then white is an in the rich committed is, the cocommunitities of the politici? it is poisonous.s. it was alrlready leaking. it was are ready broken. it was are ready must up. the storm has exacerbated this, and it did not have to be this way. duke, the very company that is helping the sick people out to turn on power, is the same compa

life, loss, anand hope in wartie syriria."'s repoported extensively frm syria since the uprising began in 2011.1. shshe has received multiple pris -- she has received the george polk award in 2014 and the michael kelly award in 2015. can you talk about the situation in idlib right now with the syrian elite guard being reported, have surrounded it, and we are reports of russian airstrikes as early as this morning? is basically the last real estate the revolution owns. this is going to be a decisive battle full step as you mention, the leaders of turkey, russia, and iran are meeting. the russian leader has rejected the turkish leaders plea for cease-fire in idlib. the stakes are very high. there are about 3 million people in idlib, and they're not just the residents of idlib. they include people from homs and aleppo and other areas evacuated to idlib in evacuation deal with the syrian regime. these are people who did not want to reconcile with the regime or surrender, depending on your point of view, whether itit is a receconcil

and you put those 3 conditions together anand you'rere talking about removal l of a large segmt of the invertebrate community. >> they're aumumulating t the soil. they're drawupup by heerowow plas, by trees gwinng in frmlalan and so on. anddo essentially anhing that's livi in farmnd is beinslowly psoned althe time. >>he othth thing that has me out is that ty'rmuch m me water luble th everyone was leto belie. . ths means at when theget intohe g grod wih water,hey momo readily in across the environment. they are now found routinely in stream samples as well as well samples across the unitited states. >> birds like swifts and swallows depend on insects as a food source. if insects are killed in their breeding ground, usually a body of water, birds are depriveved of fooood. >> the concentrations of the neonics in our waterways are sufficient to kill the aquatic invertebrate life on which these birds depend. >> in canada, where neonicotinoids are widely used on crops, dr. christy morrissey is also finding high levels of wetland contamination. she focuses her research in canada's breadbasket

. >> project blueprints shshow the land c could support c containes anand an iustry aroround procesessing andnd shippining nl resources from the arctic. climate change is s king this sa possibility. melting sea ice could make iceland a hub for international shipping routes. but what to locals think about the idea of a port in their backyard? >> i am worried about the nature of it. this area needs something, of course, but i don't know if it is that actually or something else. >> many people are worried about how diminishing fish stocks will affect the area, including workers at the local fish processing plant, a major employer in the region. while many are concerned about the environmental impact of the port, they say would create much-needed opportunities. -- they say it would create much-needed opportunities. >> young people are john to reykjavik and -- drawn to reykjavik and urban life, so they are moving away from rural towns, which are struggling to survive. >> iceland is already frequented by large ships and environmentalists fear the consequences of more ships passing through. >> i

so there is no such enormous gap between rich anand poor. and d if you travel in the north of spain, where e this company s the largest company in that part of spain, you will sesee that their cities and towns--i was there this summer--you canan see right awa. you don't have the slum over here and the fancy neigh-- you don't have any of that. there are people with more and less, but it's, the gap is completely different. it's a part of the world in which you could say something like the following and not be lying through your teeth: "everybody's in the middle class." they really did that. but if you want that, this is a way to get it. here's a second thought: you think if the workers made the decisions collectively, they would decide to close the factory or the office where they're working and open one in china, thereby destroying their jobs, their incomes, and the community? ehh, i would guess not. not a big chancece of that. you know what they would do instead? they would say, "whatever problems our company has"--like all l companies, they

you got the popular vote anand ended up in a three-way race. john quincy adams becomes president.he showed up at the inaugural, he shook everybody's hand. hetalked about america coming together . he said in four more years, i'm coming back and he came back. oki want to add something else jackson, he was one of the first to leave virginia and move washington and campaign. there would be pictures of him in battle. he'd speak to the people outside the so-called beltway where we are today. he made a case to the people. so there was no worldly victory for him.he ran for president three times. he actually won three times but electorally, - - ends up taking the rug out from underneath him. i think you could learn like al gore did. he shook his hand and moved over. i think we could all learn from what jackson and gore did. it's controversial, it's heart-wrenching but it's important to have a succession. not only when nixon moved over for kennedy. despite the controversy with illinois. i think you can learn a lesson from that too. >> "andrew jackson and the miracle of new orleans" is the t

cacan help strengthen damaged reefs by reducing the human impacts from pollution, agricultural runoff, anand fishing practitices. another regegional problelem ine coral triangle is fishermen who use dynamite or pour large amounts of cyanide on the reef to stun and then collect valuable fish like the grouper. dustan: what the biosphere foundation has done in bali is to mobilize the locals, mobilize the people that live there and make their living off the sea, that understand the sea as a source of sustenance for themselves. sutama: don't touch anything again. dudustan: when n reefs begin n o ccollapse, thehe people thatat y on thosose reefs get in their boats and they paddle off someplace else. they don't have anyplace else to turn except to other places that have coral reefs. alling: sutama is s a former cyanide fisherman, so he understands the pressure that local fishermen are under. it's hard to make money on fish anymore. there's just not that many, and so resorting to cyaninide fishing is a q quick catch, so he understands that. and he also understands how bad that is for the reef, how d

he nowowells food anand drinks frfrom this tent. >>>> i work here d day and nighd manage to earn about euro a day. it is just enough to survive. daniel: omar's family home was hit by a barrel bomb in his hometown. the blast killed his parents, and left him badly wounded. >> a helicopter bombed our house. people had warned us about the air raids. we were taken to hospital. two weeks later i woke up and had the feeling something was missing. then i felell out of bed a and i could not get back up. my leg had been amputated. daniel: omar remained in hospital for three months and gradually learned to walk with crutches. his body is covered in scars, and he is wracked with pain. he is blind in one eye. incredibly, his younger sister bushra survived the blast uninjured. they fled to idlib together. she had been a model student, but school stopped after the bombs fefell. >>>> i hope i can go back k to schohool one day, but itit wille difficult. i can't leleave my brorother ale inin a tent. daniel: 800 families live at the camp on the syrian turkish border. among them are hundreds of children.

anand he fled to germany. but his court sentence remains valid.nd this person belongs in jail, because he has revealed state secrets. reporter: outside on the streets of berlin, protesters were also drawing attention to the lack of basic freedoms in turkey. >> our protest is not against erdogan, but it is against his politics, his politics of violation of human rights, his politics of a violation of freedom of press, and journalism is not a crime. but it seems to be a crime in turkey. reporter: earlier, the german president greeted erdogan at bellevue palace, an attempt to normalize relations in a time when things are anything but normal. turkey has imprisoned thousands of its own citizens. many were the honors go to far. >> i think this smells like appeasement and this course is totally wrong because it betrays and mockss all those who are victims ofppression, and there arare hundredsdsf thouousas of them in tuturkey. reporter: a number of demonstrations for and against erdogan are due in the next .4 hours, b but with thousands of police deployed

brent: are people heeding official advice anand leavingng? what are they telling? maya: so that is the thing right now. speaking with people in elizabeth city, they say they have heard nothing from their local government in relation to where possible evacuation route might be if they need to evacuate. nothing about whether they need to start protecting their homes. they say they had no contact from no texts, no e-mails from nothing about what they should do to prepare. these people have been through hurricanes before so they know where to get water and hungry down in their own homes. the official line has been nothing. in virginia, where we were yesterday, officials have been more communicative, telling people where shelters are, handing out sand or sandbags, communicating with people. virginia is expecting far less of a gale force and it is expected to miss most of virginia at this point. brent: we will be checking in with you over the course of the evening. maya shwayder in elizabeth city in north carolina. thank you. the catholic church here in germany says it i

oftalked about the story facebook and censorship anand ft checking and what is called fake news and what isisn't, but the substance ofof the point that yu wrote about on roe v. wade and what we understand the kavanaugh has said, right until now in 2018. >> it is so important, amy. this is a person who there was no doubt. donald trump was unequivocal when he ran for office he said "i will put someone on the court who will overturn roe." what aboutp also punishing women who had abortion. then he put someone on the court who has quite an extensive -- ofy of writing justin the dissent in roe. amy: and that was still gorsuch. >> and now kavanaugh. he is picked someone who is spoken, who is written in the gores a case about abortion on demand -- all of the codewords are there. amy: the immigrant woman who wanted to have an abortion who was being held in texas and ultimately did succeed in getting one, but kavanaugh actually wrote that she shouldn't. >> he would have put up new sheinary roadblocks -- had done everything share to do undeder the law, and he constructed new test that would have ma

mourners in ghana will be paying their respects to katie anand. —— kofi annan.the capital on thursday. later this morning in germany, the consumer protection association will present a class action lawsuit against volkswagen over the carmaker ‘s manipulation of emissions software. it is seeking compensation for some 2 million drivers. in california, apple is preparing for another big launch. it is thought new iphones and possibly a budget macbook could be a mum the offerings of. —— among the. in ten minutes we will be live to offerings of. —— among the. in ten minutes we will be live to apple park. now, let's talk you through the sport is a gender. —— agenda. welcome to your wednesday sport briefing. stage 17 of the vuelta a espana heads out later as the finishing line approaches, spain thrash croatia 6—0 in the uefa nations league, and james anderson becomes the most successful fast bowler in test history. there are just five stages left in cycling's final grand tour of the year, the vuelta a espana, with alejandro valverde's hopes of winning it for a second ti

kofi anand means a lot to both the younger and older generation here. i'd never seen him before.he former chancellor, we would see him now but unfortunately, he left and now but unfortunately, he left and now there is a new chancellor ‘s i felt this is the only time i can pay him the respect that he deserves. he's been very systematic in talking about his experiences so his left not only the legacy of the people who view him and remember him but is also left documentation on what his journey was and so the best thing we can do is to study it. it is a great loss because through him, a lot of the countries, there is a country called ghana. because we are a small population so he came in and it's great to know that such a great man was from ghana, west africa. the body will remain here until thursday when the former un secretary—general will finally be read —— be laid to rest. thomas naadi, bbc news, accra. it may not seem like much but one man has turned a makeshift raft into a lifeline for people living in a slum in the indian city of mumbai. the ride costs just 2 rupees — about 3

sot: anand singh, president united here local 2// "youre talking about a 9 billions dollar industry the tourism industry in san francisco and it's done quite well over the years but the wealth that it's been generated hasn't accrued to the workers that drive this industry and marriott as the industry leader needs to step up and make sure that one job is enough for workers to live and work in this city."on top of more pay union here local 2 are fighting for workplace safety, noting alleged sexual assault reports from housekeepers...and to do away with the greechoice program which they say has added more strenuous labor.the program is promoted by marriott as a means to help the environment and cut back on cleaning and laundry per guest, but hotel maids say they end up using more water, chemicals, and are putting in more work at the end of a stay to catch up. marriott international releaesed a statement saying "through many years of working with unite here, we have always taken the negotiation process seriously and reached agreements. we have no reason to believe that this negotiation proc

grant was inexcusably complacent that ford andferdinand award put securities in the safe that only anand had access. grant should have never allow that. he would sign letters without reading the letters point grant felt because they were sophisticated wall street people, who were investing with ward that he was absolutely certain that he must be sound. he should have been suspicious because some of the people were getting like 18-20 percent per month. if that doesn't raise warning flags right there. i wish i could tell you that grant had been part of exposing ward but he was not. what happened is the bank that was lending money went bust and then the whole scheme blew up. >> time for one more question. >> someone whose legacy has been unjustly tarnished, what has been like to write this overdue - - about grant. >> it's been nice because i felt he was suffering from this image that he was this cruel, total butcher and that's why he was a successful general. in fact, there were six union generals fought against robert e lee before grant with the same advantage of manpower and material. the

break, a reporter tracked down utah senator and where you kept your orrin, orrin hatch. ( laughter ) anand orrin hatch told her how e felt about the testimony. >> and have you found dr. ford credible, sir? have you found dr. ford credible? >> well, it's too early to say. i don't think she's un-credible. i think she's an attractive, good witness, but it's way early. >> what do you mean by attractive sir? >> oh, in other words, she's pleasing. ( audience reacts ) >> stephen: (as hatch) "let me be clearer. i'm saying, this one pleases me. have her washed and brought to my tent. i'm sorry for the ambiguity." ( laughter ) republicans were reacting in real-time to ford's testimony, like south carolina senator and man who's acting all natural while he's peeing in the pool, lindsey graham. ( laughter ) oh, lindsey! lindsey was furious about what he was seeing, and had this message for his fellow lawmakers. >> to my republican colleagues, if you can, ignore everything in this record, looking at allegation that's 35 years old, that's uncertain for time, place, date and no corroboration, if that's en

sot: anand singh, president united here local 2// "marriott now is the largest hotel employer in this city. they can certainly afford to do better than they put across the table and so workers took a we're serious about the potential about walking out on strike."on top of more pay union here local 2 are fighting for workplace safety, noting alleged sexual assault reports from housekeepers... and to do away with the green choice program which they say has added more strenuous labor. the program is promoted by marriott as a means to help the environment and cut back on cleaning and laundry per guest, but hotel maids say they end up using more water, chemicals, and are putting in more work at the end of a stay to catch up.marriott international releaesed a statement saying "through many years of working with unite here, we have always taken the negotiation process seriously and reached agreements. we have no reason to believe that this negotiation process will be any different. we respect the right of our associates to voice their opinions on issues that are important to them. should the

this was anand economy largely inherited from president obama, whose job creation record was better than job ration record we have had in the last 12 months or the last 18 months. david: all you have to do is look at the approval number. >> with this kind of economy, there is bigger than the economy. what it is, it is donald trump. if you have a situation where the pocketbook points one way but the approval, the personal approval points in the other, what is the result? this is a strange analogy, but in the late 1990's, president clinton's personal ratings were not good, but people thought he was doing a good job because the economy was doing well. >> his job ratings are high while his personal approval ratings are low. the economy was doing well and democrats outperformed in the 1998 midterms. we have never had a situation like this. it is unprecedented to have such a huge gap between economic performance and the president's job approval numbers, not his personal approval, but his job approval numbers. that will be felt in november because people believe that we should have a check and

sot: anand singh, president united here local 2// "youre talking about a 9 billions dollar industry the tourism industry in san francisco and it's done quite well over the years but the wealth that it's been generated hasn't accrued to the workers that drive this industry and marriott as the industry leader needs to step up and make sure that one job is enough for workers to live and work in this city."on top of more pay union here local 2 are fighting for workplace safety, noting alleged sexual assault reports from housekeepers...and to do away with the green choice program which they say has added more strenuous labor.the program is promoted by marriott as a means to help the environment and cut back on cleaning and laundry per guest, but hotel maids say they end up using more water, chemicals, and are putting in more work at the end of a stay to catch up. marriott international releaesed a statement saying "through many years of working with unite here, we have always taken the negotiation process seriously and reached agreements. we have no reason to believe that this negotiation pr

syria, humanitarian aid groups are warning as many as 800,000 people could be displaced d if russia anand syra proceed with a p planned offenee inin idlib province, the l last major rebel-held part of the syria. 3 million people currently live in idlib, half of whom are already internally displaced. the warning came as president trump on wednesday denied a report made e by veteran journalist bob woodward in his forthcoming book "fear: trump pn the white house," that ordered pentagon chief james mattis to assassinate sysyrian president bashshar al-asd d in april o of 2017.. pres. trump: the book is fiction. i heard somewhere where they said the assassination of president al-assad by the united states, never even discussed. the book is total of fiction. amy: north korean leader kim jong-un has reaffirmed his commitment to denuclearizing the korean peninsula by the end of donald trump's first term in office, saying his faith in the president remains unchanged. that's according to a senior south korean diplomat who met with kim ahead of a planned summit between leaders of the north and south

joining us at eleven thirty am is professor anand menon from the uk in a changing europe and jill ruttertitute for government. to take part you can text your questions to 61124, email to ‘askthis@bbc.co.uk‘ or tweet using #bbcaskthis. a woman has died after a caravan was blown off a cliff as high winds from storm ali batter the west of ireland. police and emergency services are at the scene in county galway. the woman is thought to be in herfifties. storm ali is the uk's first named storm of the season. an amber, "be prepared", weather warning is in force in northern ireland, scotland and northern england, and heavy rain is forecast. the public are being warned to take precautions. the public are being warned to take precautions. our ireland correspondent, chris page is in belfast for us now. it is very blustery here in deed. up to 70 mph. particularly strong along the coast. the storm is causing widespread disruption across northern ireland, some 30,000 homes and businesses are without electricity at the moment. some 50,000 homes are without electricity in the silence of ireland. a woma

had their lives dramatically altered by sexual violence have reached out to share their experience anand hae thanked me for coming forward. we have received tremendous support from our friends and our community. at the same time, my greatest fears have been realized and the reality has been far worse than what i expected. my family and i have been the target of constant harassment and death threats, and i have been called the most vile and hateful names imaginable. ande messages, while far fewer than the expressions of support, have been terrifying and have rocked me to my core. people of posted my personal information and that of my on the internet. this has resulted in additional emails, calls, and threats. my family and i were forced to move out of her home. since september 16, my family and i have been visiting in various secure locales, at times separated and at times together, with the help of security guards. this past tuesday evening, my work email was hacked and messages were sent out trying to recant my description of the sexual assault. apart from the assault itself, these pas

i think it warrants an fbi investigation because if you really want to know the truth -- anand i don't thinink the gop ds -- then you would do an investigation before you see to the man on the highest court. if you made clear that s sexual assault and sexual harassment were serious crimes that you took seriously, you would do in fbi investigation. amy: to deborah ramirez then went on to spend years working with assault victims with domestic violence survivors. she lives in colorado. also, like dr. chriristine blasy ford, very hesitant to come forward. >> very hesitant. as would anyone be because you are talking about a long time ago. you're talking about people who are very prominent in washington circles. and you're also talking about the attack machine that has brains of dollars to put against you. we just talked last week -- one of the gop consultants, who is edociated with the firm that will and i is associated with, e lawyer who last week floated this ridiculous aerie that it was a doppelganger of kavanaugh who actually attacked dr. blasey ford, he floated that on twitter and late

he says judge kavanaugh turned his back when he approached to shake anand certain a break.k. i'm gogoing to firirst start wih heidi sieck, member of the public number one. explain how the hearing took place yesterday. what did it mean to bebe number one? when did you get their? >> it is nice to be here. we actually started standing in line around 9:00 a.m. the night before. we wanted to make sure we were going to be of the get a seat in the hearing. the capitol police reasoning a bit of a different process where we knew there were going to be letting small groups of people in in small time segments will stop so we were only going to have about 15 minutes, we heard, in the hearing, so we wanted to make sure that we were able to get in and bear witness to this hearing. did not spend, we a lot of time and never because we had some things to say. but the staff was very respectful. the capitol police was very respectful. there were groups of 23 members of the public that were allowed to enter into the hearing, and they were supposed to get about 15 to 20ininutes each time. so wwer

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